Aggressive, brilliant, cutting and with a robust appearance (a thing that can?t be said of all 14?? chinas). It displays the high-gloss finish of the Byzance Brilliant series. I was expecting a shorter decay and a less clangy sound ? something more similar to the deep and rich sound of the 18?? version (the finest 18?? china that I ever heard), which I also own. Lately I?ve been using it stacked under a perforated 16?? crash.